Bharatmala Pariyojana and TOT Model making a paradigm shift in road infrastructure development

May 2018

The last two decades have witnessed massive highway infrastructure development in the country, primarily undertaken under the National Highways Devel...

Tags: NHDP, Infrastructure, Shubham Jain, ICRA, Bharatmala Pariyogana, Budgetary Allocations, HAM, TOT, EPC, Raw-material, Equipments

Paving to perfection

April 2018

Asphalt paver market is likely to flourish in the coming years as more rural roads and highways are in the offing. The Budget 2018-19 has major focus...

Tags: Asphalt paver, Rural roads and highways, Ramesh Palagiri, Wirtgen India, wheeled pavers, Volvo CE, Dimitrov Krishnan, Budget 2018-19, Sensor pavers

1,000-1,500 more AWPs may be required by end of this year

April 2018

Safety, productivity, and less downtime determine the usage of AWPs in a project. AWPs are not only a safety related equipment, but it also enhances ...

Tags: Safety, AWP, Equipment, XCMG, Schwing Stetter India, Central Government Act, Union Budget 2018-19, construction industry, Infrastructure, VG Sakthikumar

Sagarmala can save upto Rs.40,000 cr per year on logistics spends

March 2018

The Union Budget of 2017-18 has laid a 25 per cent increase in allocations for infrastructure over last year. There has also been a renewed focus on ...

Tags: Union Budget of 2017-18, GST, Sagarmala project, Port, Bharatmala project, JNPT, Rahul Kamat, Ministry of Shipping, Prakash Tulsiani, Allcargo Logistics Ltd, Shipping, Logistics sector

Foundation stone laid for redevelopment of Gomti Nagar and Charbagh railway stations in Lucknow

March 2018

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh recently laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of Gomti Nagar and Charbagh railway stations in Lucknow. ...

Tags: Rajnath Singh, MoHUA, Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, NBCC, Navratna CPSE, Green building, Energy, Budget Hotels

Maharashtra allots Rs 10,828 crore for roads and Rs 1,500 crore for irrigation

March 2018

Maharashtra’s state finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar recently presented the state budget for 2018-19 with an estimated revenue deficit of Rs 15,37...

Tags: Sudhir Mungantiwar, Jalyukta Shivar Abhiyan, Budget, Power infrastructure

Budget 2018-19: Infrastructure, Rural Development key

March 2018

Infrastructure development has been one of the top priorities of the Union Budget 2018-19 presented by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely in Parliamen...

Tags: Infrastructure development, Union Budget 2018-19, Arun Jaitely, Smart Cities mission, transport infrastructure, MSME sector, Abhijit Gupta, CASE India, PMGSY, Sandeep Singh, Tata Hitachi, Schwing Stetter India, Construction Machinery Co, ELGi Equipments, ZF India

Here's a snapshot of Union Budget 2019, with a comparison of the capital outlay for infrastructure over 2018.

March 2018

Budgetary and extra budgetary expenditure on infrastructure increased to Rs 5,970 billion for FY19 against the estimated expenditure of Rs 4,943 bill...

Tags: Union Budget 2019, Infrastructure, Dun & Bradstreet